[Yum] dependency loop exceeded

[Garrick Staples]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 02:16:56PM -0500, Nick Marsh alleged:
> # yum -y update XFree86
> Gathering package information from servers
> Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 8.0 base
> Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 8.0 updates
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Resolving dependencies
> ......identical dependency loop exceeded
> package XFree86-twm needs XFree86 = 4.2.0 (not provided)
> package XFree86-twm needs XFree86 = 4.2.0 (not provided)
> package XFree86-xdm needs XFree86 = 4.2.0 (not provided)
> package XFree86-xdm needs XFree86 = 4.2.0 (not provided)
> 
> WTH? I htought YUM was supposed to handle that. How can I fix this?
> 
> Thanks.

That looks a lot like an inconsistent repository.  Which one are you
using?